{"id":181,"date":"2018-01-16T14:58:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T14:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/answerwall.domain.bc.edu\/?p=181"},"modified":"2018-01-16T19:36:05","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T19:36:05","slug":"new-years-resolution-getting-to-know-cool-peeps-without-the-pressure-indoctrination-to-date-person-or-learning-how-to-navigate-that-more-maturely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2018\/01\/16\/new-years-resolution-getting-to-know-cool-peeps-without-the-pressure-indoctrination-to-date-person-or-learning-how-to-navigate-that-more-maturely\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year’s resolution: getting to know cool peeps without the pressure\/indoctrination to date person – or learning how to navigate that more maturely!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Year’s resolution: getting to know cool peeps without the pressure\/indoctrination to date person – or learning how to navigate that more maturely!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It’s a really good idea to be open to a broad array of relationships: there are many kinds of love other than romantic. I’ve never really understood the phrase “just friends.” Friends are the ones who have your back for years, perhaps even a lifetime, while most romances, though intense, are temporary. The Greeks counted many types of love: friendship, empathic, erotic, and universal are the ones C.S. Lewis wrote about in The Four Loves. (O’Neill call number BV4639 .L45 1988). A Psychology Today article lists 7: bit.ly\/7-types-of-love. May you learn to find the love you need.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s a really good idea to be open to a broad array of relationships: there are many kinds of love other than romantic. I’ve never really understood the phrase “just friends.” Friends are the ones who have your back for years, perhaps even a lifetime, while most romances, though intense, are temporary. The Greeks counted … <\/p>\n

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